Beer-scale.



PATENTED JANQlo, 1905.

P. F. CARMODY.

BEER SCALE.

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PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK F. CARMODY, OFHOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

BEER-SCALE.

SPEGIFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,838, dated January10, 1905.

Application led September 22, 1904. Serial No. 225,437.

To @ZZ wmnt it petty 0077/067171.4

Be it known that I, PATRICK F. CARMODY, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Holyoke, in the county of Hampden andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Beer- Scales, of which the following is a full, clear,l

and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in beer or other liquid scales.

The object of the invention is to produce a beer-scale adapted toprimarily receive on the platform thereof a can, pail, or otherreceptacle to permit the members of a compound scale-bar to be `lockedtogether, so that the further weight movement of the scale as producedby the net contents of the liquid which is run into the receptacle willcause the corresponding' or proportionate movement of an electricalContact with another contact, both of which are included in connectionwith normally open electric conductors, which have also electricallyconnected therein a generator and an audible electrically-operable alarmdevice, such as an electric bell or buzzer, whereby given predeterminedquantities of a liquid as drawn into the receptacle supported on thescalewsuch, for instance, as pints will cause the audible sounding ofthe electric alarm, so that the bartender can shut oli`x the beer-cock,the whole being' conducive to aecurac y in the liquor delivery andsaving' thereof and the avoidance of the necessity of watchful care onthe part of the barman.

Another object of the invention is to render the apparatus convenientlycapable of being moved to carry the receptacle-support under any one ofseveral beer or ale cocks.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangements of parts, allsubstantially as hereinafter fully described, and set forth in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of thebeer-scale with the front plate of the case or frame removed. Fig. 2 isa perspective view showing the parts for locking together the membersofthe compound scale-bar, one of which carries the succession ofelectric points or contacts.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both ofthe views.

In the drawings, A represents an upright frame having the scale beam Bpivotally mounted thereon and at the lower portion thereof, said beamcarrying at its forward extensions the platform or receptacle-support C,the depending members of such platform being' rigidly riveted to thescale-beam.

D and E represent the facewise-adjoined members of a vertical compoundscale-bar, the member D having the cross-arm a, to which the upper endsof the scale-springs be are connected, the lower ends of said springbeing connected to the fixed studs, and the link F pivotally connectsthe rear end of the scale-beam with the scale bar member D. Bothscale-bar members are longitudinally slotted and both thereof are inpart guided by the upper stud f', and the bar D is furthermore guided bythe lower stud t. The upper end of the slot c in the secondary scalebarmember E forms a stock by contact against the aforesaid stud f forlimiting the play or movement in a downward direction of such part E.

The scale-bar members are normally loose and free relatively to eachother, so that when the can or pail to receive liquid drawn thereinto isplaced on the scale-platform, more or less swinging the scale-beamagainst the reaction of the scale-springs, the main scale-bar member Dwill be correspondingly elevated without imparting any movement to thesecondary scale-bar member E; but devices are provided for locking thetwo scale-bars together to move in unison for the indication of the netweight constituted by the pint or several pints of the liquid drawn andto be delivered, and the device for such purpose is here shown asconsisting of a lever G, fulcrumed on the end portion of the stud g,having the head 02 in bearing against the back of barD and projectingthrough the slots of both the bar members. The said lever has at itsfulcrumed extremity the face-cam j, which coacts with the cam-surface t'on the outer side of the part Ill.

The spiral spring 7c keeps the released cam in its freed position, theswinging of the lever by the coaction of the cam-surfaces t' and y'bindingI the parts of the Compound scale-bar one to the other for theirmovements as a unit in the linal weighing operation.

The secondary scale-bar member E has the horizontal arm L rigidlysecured thereto, the same carrying at its outer end the vertical bar M,provided with the suitably-distanced electric contact-points fmy m,three thereotl being shown in the present drawings.

A spring-finger N is secured in a depending position at an upper lateralportion of the frame, and said spring-finger has at its lower extremityan electric contact-point ln, located in the path of rising motion ofthe aforementioned series of contacts m.

O represents a generator, practically a battery of any of the well-knowndescriptions. The electric wire n runs from connection with one pole ofthe battery tothe binding-post vif/,2, which is in electrical connectionwith the contact-points m m.

P represents an electrical alarm, the same being understood as the mostcommon description of alarm-bell or buzzer, illustration here beinggiven of the bell and vibratory striker portions 7.) and l] thereof andthe binding-posts r and s, connected with the electrical make-and-breakdevice well known as included in the alarm apparatus.

The electric wire is shown as running from connection with the secondpole oi' the battery to one of the Contacts 9' of the electrical alarmdevice, from the other contact s of which device the wire u runs toelectrical connection with the spring-iinger N, which has thecontact-point at its lower end.

Manifestly with the scale and conjunctive parts properly constructed andadjusted after the pail or can has been placed on the scaleplat't'orrnand the scale-bar members D and E bound together by the setting of thelever Gr the drawing oi' a given predetermined quantity ot' liquid-wis,for instance, one pint-into the pail through the elevation or' thecompound scale-bar brings about a contacting of the upper contact-pointm against the contact-point fn, closing the normally open circuit andthe actuation of the electrical alarmbell, and thus the barman isimmediately apprised of the introduction into the pail of the pint ofthe liquid, and if the liquid is permitted to continue to run into thepail the presence of a second and a third pint as successively drawnwiil be announced simultaneously with the contaction of the middle andthe lower contacts fm m. with the spring-iinger contact a.

After each use of the scale, as described, the bars D and E are unlockedand rendered free of each other by the mere upward swinging of thecam-lever G for the self-adjusting of the scale to its condition inreadiness to receive and accommodate itself to another receptacle.

The frame of the beer-scale is shown as having foot-lugs w e, carryingwheels or rolls w w, which run in the longitudinal depressions, i'ormingtrackways 1', which may bedesirably constituted by a corrugatedsheetmetal top surface for the rear portion ot' the bar, which rangesunder the several beer and ale cocks, one of which is indicated at Thescale, with the receptacle thereon, may be run horizontally from underone to another of the beer-cocks, as occasion requires.

I may within the scope ot' my invention make reasonable changes anddepartures from the details of construction herein shown and describedwithout dispensing with those leading characteristics which constitutethe gist oi: the present improvements.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is4

l. In a beer-scale, in combination, a supporting-frame, areceiiitacle-support, a scalo with which such support is connected, andoperable by such receptacle and its contents, and comprising avertically-movable bar having' a horizontal arm provided with avertically-arranged series ot' separate contact-points, a spring-lingermounted on the 'trame end, and having a contact-point located across thepath of movement ot' said series ot' contact-points, an electricalgenerator and an electric alarm device, andelectric-circuit-constituting cond uctors comprising a wire connectingthel generator with said succession ot' contacts, and a conductorconnecting the contact-provided spring-finger with the generator andincluding in connection therewith the electricallyoperable alarm device.

2. In a beer-scale, in combination, a horizontal trackway, and a framehaving rollers at its base, and sui'iporting a receiitacle-support, anda scale with which such support is connected, and operable by suchreceptacle and its contents, which scale comprises a compound bar, onesection ot which is movable relatively to the other, and means iortemporarily locking both members ol said bar together, and one of saidbar members carrying an arm supporting a succession oi' contacts, anelectrical generator and an alarm device, andelectric-circuit-constituting conductors comprising a wire connectinglthe generator with said'succession of contacts, and a conductorconnecting the other contact with the generator and including inconnection therewith the electrically-operable alarm device.

Signed by me at Springfield, Massachusetts, in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

PATRICK F. CARMUDY.

Titnessesz XVM. S. BnLLows, G. R. DRIsooLL.

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